Knockdown barrel.



M. LACHMAN. V KNOCKDOWN BARREL. APPLICATION FILED APR. 82, 1913.

1 ,202858, Patented Oct. 31, 1916.

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MAURICE DACHMABL'OF EVV YORK, N. Y.. ASSIGNOR TO LACHMAN MANUFACTUBIN G COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE KNOCKDOWN BARREL.

1,2o2 sss Application filed April 12, 1913.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MAUmon Lncnimiv, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Knockdown Barrels, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to shipping recep tacles or containers particularly of the knockdown type.

The object of the invention is to provide a knockdown container having a metal ex- 'types the parts have been made of sections of solid metal so that if sufficient rigidity is given to the metal it becomes so heavy that the Weight proposition as well as the cost of material so increases the cost of the receptacle that it cannot be commercially used in competition with a wooden receptacle. Owing to the increasing scarcity of Wood. a

substitute for this material becomes, urgentand metal immediately comes to the foreground; but for a number of reasons, some of which are referred to above. all metal re ceptacles have not up to the present met with much success.

According to this invention. the body or main part. of the container comprises paper. strawboardor similar nonemetallic material to give the necessary strength and rigidity to the container, the Surface of the paper being coated with a very thin layer or sheet of metal which is adhered thereto over the whole meeting surfaces so as to become practically an integral part of the paper. An extremely thin sheet of metal is all that is necessary, in fact so thin that it merely amounts practically to a coating of metal on the paper surface, yet the coating is of sufiicient strength to protect the paper. By

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Uct. 31, 1916. Serial No. 760,593.

this construction the weight is kept low and the desired strength is maintained while anyob ections which might be raised against having exposed paper surfaces are avoided.

The invention is primarily designed for knockdown. barrels, kegs and similar forms of receptacles and relates to the novel constructionof stave or section as well as to the construction of the container as a whole.

The invention consists of the novel parts, combinations of parts and details of con struction hereinafter more particularly described and then specified in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section through a container embodying the present invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section through the same taken on the line .2-2 Fig.1. Fig. 3 is a frag mental-y horizontal section through a modification. Fig. l is a fragmentary vertical section taken on the line ir-4: of Fig. 3. 5 is a fragmentary view showing a fur-; ther modification. view of the preferred employed in the construction.

The body portion of the container coni- -priscs a plurality of duplicate longitudinal sections which when Joined together forma cylindrical body. Each section or stave consistsmainly of a panel of paper, strawboard or other similar material 1 formed as a segment of any desired curvature. A preferred manner of forming the paper segments 1 is by first forming a cylinder of a number of layers of paper SllDOllllllJOSEtl on each other. preferably by spinning. and compressed into a very solid mass and built up to any desired thickness. The various layers of paper are united by suitable cement. glue or othoradhesive whereby a very rigid wall is attained. After the cylinder has been completely formed. it is severed longiludiuallv into any desired number of segments .1. By forming the segments in this manner. the segments will retain their con formation and will fit together exactly and Fig. 6 is a perspective form of stay member substantially the same as the thickness of a I Signe& it New York, in the county of section, the bases of said Icross-section stays New York and State of New York, this, 10

being extended, securing hooks formed upon 10th day of April, A. D. 1913 said extended portions a head adapted to 5- be held in position by said hooks and sup- MAURICE LAGHMAN' ported upon shoulders formed on said stays, \Vitnesses: and hoops adapfed to secure the said sec- F! B, TOWNSEND,

tions and stays together. I K. M. MoMAI-rorq 

